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24 pp.
| Candlewick |
January, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-7075-7$16.99
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Graham Byrne.
Lyrical text and Byrne's dramatic charcoal and digital collages propel readers into one night in the life of Red, a large Australian kangaroo. Informational text that further explains the red roo's habits--and allows readers to extrapolate from a single animal to the entire species--accompanies each page of the narrative. A concluding note provides additional information about kangaroos. Ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2015